Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Agnes Emma Nnopu - 2019 Australian School Championships





Friday, January 24, 2020

All-American Status


Brink is Stanford's 25th McDonald's All-American all-time

gostanford.com, January 23, 2020

Incoming freshman Cameron Brink landed elite status, earning an invite to the 2020 McDonald's All-American Games on April 1 in Houston.

Brink, who signed with the Cardinal in November, is one of 24 players in the country to earn a spot to the game, which will air at 2:00 PM on the ESPN family of networks.

Brink adds her name to the exclusive list of 24 Cardinal women's basketball alumnae to be featured in the nation's premier high school basketball all-star event, including nine current players on the 2019-20 squad.

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McDonald's Girls All American Roster

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Mater Dei girls basketball edges Rosary on last-second basket by Brooke Demetre

Mater Dei’s Brooke Demetre, right, shoots over Rosary’s Nicole Rodriguez during a Trinity League game at Rosary in Fullerton on Thursday, January 23, 2020.


Dan Abano, ocregister.com, January 23, 2020


Mater Dei’s girls basketball team had a few answers for Rosary on Thursday night, but the biggest one arrived with just 1.1 seconds left in fourth quarter.

Before a passionate and overflow crowd, Brooke Demetre put back her offensive rebound for a basket with 1.1 seconds remaining to lift the No. 2 Monarchs past top-ranked Rosary 64-62 in a high-octane Trinity League game at Rosary High.


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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

With ‘Mama Bear’ Cameron Brink on the bench, Mountainside pulls out signature win over defending state champion Benson


JD Humburg, oregonlive.com, January 21, 2020

The Mountainside Mavericks kept their composure among the chaos Monday afternoon in a featured girls basketball matchup at the MLK Holiday Invitational.
Their leader had fouled out after a monster performance...
Brink had 25 points, 20 rebounds and five blocked shots before being whistled for her fifth foul with 3:14 to play in the fourth quarter.
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Best In State: Jana Van Gytenbeek Talks State Titles & Stanford

Romi Bean, denver.cbslocal.com, January 20, 2020

Jana Van Gytenbeek is the reigning Class 5A Player of the Year – and that’s just the one honor in a long list of accolades for the senior point guard at Cherry Creek High School.

In the 2019 5A State Championship Game, Van Gytenbeek hit a floating bank shot in the final seconds of the game to break a tie with the heavily-favored Grandview Wolves. The shot helped lift Creek to its first ever girls basketball state title.
“To be part of that team was the coolest thing ever. We all wanted it. We’ve always wanted to do it for Creek and for our community,” Jana said.

After game-winning shot in state championship last year, Cherry Creek’s Jana Van Gytenbeek is primed for more big moments


Jana Van Gytenbeek (4) of the Cherry Creek Bruins dribbles between defenders at Cherokee Trail High School on Jan. 8, 2020 in Aurora. Van Gytenbeek will play college basketball at Stanford next season.

Kyle Newman, denverpost.com, January 12, 2020

Long before Jana Van Gytenbeek hit the game-winning, floating bank shot in the waning seconds of the Class 5A championship last year, the point guard was already forecasting her basketball prowess. On a random court in the mountains. At age 7.
Van Gytenbeek was on winter break with her family in Buena Vista at the time. She, her older brother Carter and her father, Tony, shoveled snow off the cracked concrete court at a nearby elementary school, and Van Gytenbeek went to work schooling Carter, then 12, on the art of shooting.
“Their court was practically in the middle of nowhere, mountains all around, and the wind’s really blowing, too,” Carter recalled. “I’m making shots, getting a little hot, and she’s making shots, matching me shot-for-shot through the wind and the cold and a rim that made you miss if you hit it.
“That’s when I started to know she was going to be really good. Like, really, really good.”

Saturday, January 04, 2020

New uniform, same Cameron Brink: Stanford signee, ex-Southridge star powers Mountainside past Grant at POA Holiday Classic


Bob Lundeberg, oregonlive.com, December 29, 2019

Cameron Brink appears to be fitting in quite nicely with her new team.

In Mountainside’s first game against an Oregon opponent since a surprising loss to Canby, Brink put together a dominant 24-point, 15-rebound performance Friday evening at the POA Holiday Classic. The 6-foot-5 Stanford signee also had four assists, four blocks and five steals in the Mavericks’ 58-48 victory over Grant.

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